Archive - 2013 - News Article

November 22nd

November 22, 2013

By

SHAUN KIRBY

PORTSMOUTHâThe shore along Town Pond in Portsmouth is thick with mud, enough to clasp down on anyoneâs boot and keep it fastened there for a moment. Broken shells litter the beach, and the waterâs surface is choppy because of the winds coming off Narragansett Bay. Here is the perfect environment for shellfish cultivation, and as coastal ponds throughout Rhode Island are being utilized for their shellfishing bounty, the public is growing more aware of the ecological and economic benefits of aquaculture to the state.

For more information, pick up this week's edition of The Standard Times

November 22, 2013

EAST GREENWICH â R.I. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin still cringes every time he sees the video entitled âThe Last Text,â a brief documentary film showing families and people who were profoundly affected from the dangers of texting while driving.
The worst part of R.I. State Police Lt. Eric LaRiviereâs career in law enforcement is notifying family members of a death of a loved one.
Itâs those two elements that both Kilmartin and LaRiviere want to dramatically minimize by offering three simple words when it comes to sending messages through a cellphone while behind the wheel.

November 22, 2013

EAST GREENWICH â Even after repeating the words of the town managerâs oath that were uttered to him by The Honorable Daniel A. Procaccini in front of a large crowd at Swift Community Center on Nov. 11, Thomas E. Coyle IIIâs reaction is still the same as it was when the Town Council told him that he was the man for the job to lead the Town of East Greenwich last month.

For more information, pick up a copy of this week's edition of The East Greenwich Pendulum

November 22, 2013

Two new defendants have been added to the filed lawsuit from 2011 put forth by six homeowners, who reside in three separate properties on Sarahâs Trace, alleging that their abutting homes were damaged from the construction methods used to build the new Cole Middle School.

November 22, 2013

By

Gerry Goldstein

The hand-signed, family Christmas cards from the White House seemed an anomaly at the weekly Narragansett Times, unceremoniously tacked up as they were in the tiny, cluttered office of publisher Fred Wilson.
A 22-year-old, I was cutting some journalistic teeth at his homespun newspaper, having signed on post-Army during the holidays of 1962. Thatâs when Fred put up the last Christmas greeting Jack Kennedy would ever send him.

For more information, pick up this week's copy of The Narragansett Times

November 22, 2013

By

MARIA SHANAHAN

SOUTH KINGSTOWN â After 38 years of dental practice in Wakefield, Dr. Thomas Packer has retired.
âSo far, so good,â Packer said Tuesday of how his retirement is going so far. âI donât have to set an alarm although in my head I still wake up at 5:30 every morning.â
Dr. Packer has practiced dentistry in town since 1975. He first came to Wakefield after he graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and began his practice sharing an office on Main Street with Dr. Joseph DiSano Sr.

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